Chocolate Pixies

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter

4 oz unsweetened chocolate

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups granulated sugar

4 eggs

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup chopped walnuts - optional

powdered sugar for rolling

Method

Melt butter with chocolate. Cool chocolate mixture and then add vanilla. Mix in granulated sugar and then mix in eggs one at a time. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together and then mix into batter. Add nuts if desired.

Chill for at least two hours. Shape into balls and roll in powdered sugar.